McGowan v. Maryland
| McGowan v. Maryland | |
|---|---|
| Argued December 8, 1960 Decided May 29, 1961 | |
| Full case name | Margaret M. McGowan, et al. v. State of Maryland |
| Citations | 366 U.S. 420 (more) 81 S. Ct. 1101; 6 L. Ed. 2d 393; 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2008 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Conviction upheld, McGowan v. State, 220 Md. 117, 151 A.2d 156 (1959); probable jurisdiction noted, 362 U.S. 959 (1960). |
| Holding | |
| Laws proscribing or limiting Sunday trading are not necessarily unconstitutional. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Warren, joined by Black, Clark, Brennan, Whittaker, Stewart |
| Concurrence | Frankfurter, joined by Harlan |
| Dissent | Douglas |
| Laws applied | |
| Md. Ann. Code, Art. 27, § 521; 1st and 14th Amendments | |
English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 420 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case that affirmed the Maryland State Supreme Court's decision that the state's Sunday closing laws did not have a religious purpose to aid religion and that the secular purpose of the legislation to set aside a day of rest and recreation did not violate the Establishment Clause.